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The Role of Self-Efficacy Components in Predicting Israeli Kindergarten Teachers' Educational Leadership
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Magen-Nagar, Noga; Schwabsky, Nitza; Firstater, Esther – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2021
In recent years, the kindergarten teachers' role has evolved to assume leadership tasks in addition to the traditional caring and instructional ones. This study examined the contribution of the self-efficacy variables of Israeli kindergarten teachers to predicting their educational leadership efficacy. This empirical study is based on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Role
Role Perceptions of Early Childhood Teachers Leading Professional Learning Communities Following a New Professional Development Policy
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Avidov-Ungar, Orit; Merav, Hayak; Cohen, Sivan – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2023
The goal of the study was to examine the factors that drove early childhood teachers to accept a leadership role in professional learning communities (PLCs), their perceptions of the role's characteristics and the implications of taking on an additional role beyond the teaching of kindergarten-age children. This qualitative study included 30…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Role, Teacher Attitudes
Preparing Early Childhood Teachers for Managing Emergencies. Advances in Early Childhood and K-12 Education (AECKE) Book Series
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Ajayi, Hannah O., Ed.; Grupper, Emmanuel, Ed.; Fowowe, Simeon Sunday, Ed.; Cassidy, Tom, Ed.; Ashton, Emily, Ed. – IGI Global, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the reality of life in all aspects of human endeavors. The education sector was not spared--the school system was uprooted and procedures had to be made quickly for the safety of students and faculty. As a result, educators struggled with keeping students engaged academically during online learning and the stress…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, COVID-19, Pandemics
From an Intuitive Practitioner to a Professional Novice Leader
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Mevorach, Miriam; Miron, Mordechai – Journal of Educational Issues, 2015
This study examined the professional and personal transition undergone by eight experienced early childhood (EC) teachers after completing their graduate studies. The data were collected through interviews and online communication. Three main categories arose in the qualitative content analysis of the text: (1) personal process of change; (2)…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Graduate Study, Interviews